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14. You nailed it so well with this graph

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 12:08 AM

Dec 2016

It's no coincidence that this country goes bonkers after even the smallest reforms for Black Americans. They know just what button to press when their power is threatened, and their voters respond like rats addicted to cocaine.

That is the best analysis I've heard yet on what white privilege is about and, btw, just why many whites responded to Trump's "Make America great again."

They heard the dog whistle loud and clear and interpreted it for what it really meant — "Make America white again."

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**AA GROUP** Rhetorical question: Why is White America so invested in racism? [View all] YoungDemCA Dec 2016 OP

AND apcalc Dec 2016 #1

You just described white male privilege, which is what "Make America white . . . er, ah, . . . brush Dec 2016 #2

b/c it works juxtaposed Dec 2016 #3

I would add fear. HassleCat Dec 2016 #4

I swear, it is genetic. raging moderate Dec 2016 #5

I was watching "Pawn Stars" last night a guy bought in a very old playing card, the four of clubs brush Dec 2016 #7

No, sorry, I don't play cards. Hardly ever. raging moderate Dec 2016 #9

WHY? heaven05 Dec 2016 #6

WHY? jack69 Dec 2016 #8

Yes. Lack of empathy. So cut off from happiness around them. raging moderate Dec 2016 #10

Wealthier whites have found it advantageous radical noodle Dec 2016 #13

large part of it heaven05 Dec 2016 #16

Unchristian churches jack69 Dec 2016 #11

Racism and capitalism are completely intertwined in the US. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #12

You nailed it so well with this graph brush Dec 2016 #14

Exactly. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #15

To add on to that forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #21

Good points, fjt! Thank you. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #22

The same people unironically wonder why white people vote against their own interests. forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #23

There is no escaping it ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #17

White Male Privilege Period. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #18

100% agree heaven05 Dec 2016 #19

Because racism is a means of maintaining power, particularly economic power. forjusticethunders Dec 2016 #20